Follow-up q, why is parasitism so rare phenomenon in mammals? (vampire bats are the only clear example, human candidates are all debatable)
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Isn't eating eggs or dairy a form of parasitism? This definition would not exclude: vocabulary.com/dictionary/par
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A stretch since farmed animals (despite cruelty of factory farming) would not be such a huge fraction of biomass w/o humans
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Parasitism can often be mutually beneficial. Our intestinal flora helps us digest our food.
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